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Research Grants Program
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 The South
Atlantic Chapter (SAC) of the Society of Wetland Scientists has
established two (2) $750 general research grants to be awarded
annually to undergraduate or graduate students (either
Masters or Doctoral students) engaged in research that has
direct applicability to the advancement of wetland science.
Applicants must be students at an accredited university
conducting research within, in part, the regional boundaries of
SAC. Applicants do not have to be members of
the Society to apply. However, if competing proposal are
judged to be nearly equal by the Awards Committee,
preference will be given to the student who is a member in
good standing of the Society. Applications will be judged on
the scientific merit and innovative aspects of their
research proposals. Grants are intended to aid but not to
provide sole support of, student research.
Grants are
awarded by the Executive Committee of the South Atlantic
Chapter acting upon the recommendation of its Research
Grants Committee. The Research Grants Committee is
comprised of four members of the South Atlantic Chapter
appointed by the Chapter Chair. Each application is reviewed
and ranked by the Committee and the results are presented to
the Executive Committee for a final decision.
Applications
will be considered for funding periods of no more than one
year. However a previous awardee may reapply for additional
support, with a restriction that no individual will receive
more than three years of support. At the end of each grant
period the awardee is expected to produce a report briefly
updating the Research Grant Committee on the status of their
research. If an additional year of funding is
requested the student’s research advisor or supervising
professor will need to submit a statement that the student’s
research project is proceeding as expected. Students
are encouraged to seek publication of their research
results. For any published research SAC should be
acknowledged for its financial support through the Chapters
Research Grant Program.
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Grant Application |
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For streamlining
purposes, applicants must follow the rules and procedures of
the
SWS Student Grant Program, with the following
modifications specific to the SAC Student Research Grants:
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Research much take place, in
part, within the SAC boundaries (Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands)
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A separate budget
justification must be provided for the SAC application
(students cannot ask to fund the same items from both the
SWS and SAC competitions; send a SAC-specific "Student
Grant Application Form")
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The research
proposal and CV/resume must be emailed as attachments to
the SAC Awards Committee
Chair.
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In the text of
your email, list your full name, institution and program,
whether you are a masters or doctoral student, anticipated
graduation date, and whether you are a member of SWS
(membership not required). In addition, let the SAC awards
chair know if you are also applying for the SWS Research
Grant.
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Evaluation Criteria
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Members of the Awards Committee
will evaluate each proposal independently. Proposals will
be ranked according to the total number of proposals
received. Rankings will be tabulated and averaged and the
proposals receiving the highest average scores will be
forwarded to the Executive Committee for award approval.
Proposals will be ranked on the
clarity of the hypotheses or project objectives, the
relevance and significance of the project to the advancement
to wetland science, the adequacy of the experimental design
or research approach.
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Application Deadline |
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Application deadlines are the
same as the
SWS Student Grants Program,
which is usually sometime in February for that year. See SWS website for
details.
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